Grace Church Exposed - Mt. Pleasant, MI Young Church, Twelve17 Coffee Roasters, 1217 S. Mission, Mount Pleasant

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Membership at GC

Recently the church began to rethink its lack of any clearly defined membership and BF gave this handout to people who came to the meeting where they explained some of these things. It is worth noting how membership has been defined until very recently. It is also worth noting how much space he spends defending that type of membership and discrediting what he defines as an “American model of church membership.” A model which often helps to prevent many of the abuses that have been practiced at Grace Church in Mt. Pleasant, MI.Read More…

Intern Expectations

This information was gathered directly from a packet of materials that the church gave to its interns doing something called the MP Project in 2003.  While some of it isn’t all that bad from a biblical or practical  standpoint, certain points, such as the way they required their interns to agree to confess secret sin and receive prayer from other believers, are especially disturbing. In practice it was understood that this confession of secret sin was to the other believer that you would have pray for you. This practice meant that most leaders knew the deepest and darkest secrets of the people who served under them, and these confessions where often brought back up at other times and used to control and manipulate people in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. This practice has existed throughout the entire history of the church even if it is no longer placed in writing at this time.Read More…

The Ministry Cycle

This information was gathered directly from a packet of materials that the church gave to its interns doing something called the MP Project in 2003. We are told that not only was this information put into writing as indicated below, but it was also a foundational concept which was explicitly taught by the pastors, staff, and other leaders throughout pretty much the whole history of the church from its beginning until the present day. While some of it isn’t all that bad from a biblical standpoint, certain points, such as their emphasis and exercise of authority, are especially disturbing.

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